Leaders in Luxury Awards 2025 | 73 18 | LUXlife Magazine “VILLABEAT makes high-end travel feel personal, frictionless, and unforgettable.” VILLABEAT is a luxury hospitality management company based in Athens, aiming to provide high quality hospitality services with a personal touch. Since its founding in 2014, VILLABEAT has been on a mission to redefine luxury travel in Greece by managing a carefully curated portfolio of highend villas, offering travellers not only a place to stay, but a complete lifestyle wholly immersed in the beauty, culture, and soul of Greece. The company’s standout service is its Signature Villa and Concierge Experience, which represents the very essence of VILLABEAT’s luxury offering. This tailored, end-to-end service includes a handpicked luxury villa in one of Greece’s most exclusive destinations; 24/7 concierge support, tailored to each guest’s lifestyle; and a range of activities, amenities, and services that promise an immersive and luxurious experience, such as private dining, yacht charters, helicopter transfers, wellness sessions, and cultural excursions. The luxury sector is evolving, shifting towards meaningful, wellnessoriented, tech-enabled, and secluded experiences. This shift has allowed VILLABEAT to thrive, having aligned with these trends early on through technology integration, promoting environmentally conscious values, offering experiential stays, and selecting unique locations. By meeting the demands of the market head-on, and far sooner than its competitors, VILLABEAT has simultaneously strengthened its luxury positioning, improved guest satisfaction, increased booking value, and sparked deeper brand loyalty. Maintaining this luxury status means more than offering beautiful properties; for VILLABEAT, it is about delivering a seamless, hightouch experience at every stage. VILLABEAT achieves this through handpicking each villa for design, privacy, location, and service potential; offering 24/7 award-winning concierge support; providing tailored itineraries and dedicated local hosts for every guest; and conducting routine inspections to ensure top-tier quality. Each touchpoint is curated to uphold the brand’s promise: luxury as a lived, effortless experience. “At VILLABEAT, luxury means effortless, personalised perfection,” Achilleas explained. “It is about anticipating needs before they are expressed, crafting experiences that feel uniquely tailored, and delivering Vacation time is too valuable to be spent on logistics. From the moment travellers arrive at their destination, they want ease, comfort, and experiences that feel effortless – not the hassle of arranging transport and organising itineraries. Operating across Greece’s most coveted destinations, VILLABEAT is making that vision a reality by offering a luxury hospitality model rooted in personalisation, local expertise, and seamless service. We spoke to Achilleas Koukkos below, Co-Founder of VILLABEAT, as the company is named in the Leaders in Luxury Awards 2025. excellence with quiet confidence. For us, true luxury lies in the details: a seamless arrival, a villa that feels like it was designed just for you, a dinner under the stars, or a local contact who makes the impossible happen. Luxury is a peace of mind. It is knowing that everything is taken care of, beautifully, discreetly, and without you lifting a finger. That is the VILLABEAT standard.” The team was drawn to operate within the luxury sector, a landscape where excellence has no limits. Working within this sector means operating at a level where every detail matters, standards are nonnegotiable, and every guest interaction is an opportunity to impress quietly, but meaningfully. By focusing on luxury, the VILLABEAT team is empowered to focus on experience over volume, relationships over transactions, and lasting impact over flashy moments. It is in this space that service becomes an artform, and that VILLABEAT thrives. “If you want to work in luxury hospitality, understand this: nothing is ‘standard’, and that is the point,” said Achilleas. “Be adaptable, detailobsessed, and genuinely service-driven. In this sector, clients don’t just expect things to go well – they expect things to feel effortless, even when they are not. That means anticipating needs before they are voiced, staying calm under pressure, and making excellence look easy.” Named Greece’s Best Luxury Villa Rental Company 2025, VILLABEAT looks to the future with an eye for enhancement. At present, the company’s ongoing plan is to simplify and improve the booking experience through smart use of technology and is currently working on tools that will provide guests with clear, accurate, and real-time information – from villa availability and pricing to tailored recommendations based on their preferences. “At the same time, we’re focused on presenting each villa and service in a way that builds confidence and excitement,” Achilleas told us. “That means high quality visuals, transparent features, and curated content that helps guests truly understand what they are booking. Our goal us to make sure that every guest feels fully informed, inspired, and certain that they have made the perfect choice – long before they even arrive.” Contact: Achilleas Koukkos Company: VILLABEAT Web Address: www.villabeat.com Effortless Escapes, Designed Around You
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